sourcesinitial paintingEverything you can't find in the sources is painted. So the wings for example are mostly painted.This was really a lot of work, but I'm pretty happy with the result!Thanks to lockstock for her great stock images!(All additional sources are from RGB Stock and cgtextures.com)
Sources:Initial rough sketch:http://imageshack.us/f/525/dragoninitialrough.jpg/ Dragon outline:http://imageshack.us/f/513/dragonoutline.jpg/ IsolatedDragon illustration:http://imageshack.us/f/263/isolateddragondetail.jpg/ Photo Sources:http://imageshack.us/f/685/photosources.jpg/
Lionel did not believe in fairies, so when a fairy flew past he dismissed it as a flight of his imagination from drinking too much wine.Sketch and sources.
Sources and sketchGood luck to everyone!
source and sketch http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10461500/10461560_dae0.jpg http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10464500/10464691_bcc2.jpg closeup http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10463500/10463626_71af.jpg http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10464000/10464201_6361.jpg
sketch concepthttp://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10579000/10579188_2846.jpg based on (Baal and Mot) and (Phoenix) Mythologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal_cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29